Vending machine



Patented May 24, 1932 PATENT OFFICE JOSEPH ROS-E, OF VICTORIA, BRITISHCOLUMBIA, CANADA VENDING MACHINE Application filed October 23, 1930.Serial No. 490,750.

My invention relates to improvements in vending machines which areparticularly adapted for vending substantially spherical articles suchas gum balls, apples, oranges 6 and the like.

The objects of the invention are to provide means whereby a plurality ofarticles are disposed in View of the purchaser and are progressivelytransferred in response to 10 the operation of an arm to a deliverytray.

The invention consists essentially of a model of a man having a viewingopening displaying a plurality of article receiving channelscommunicating with a delivery 15 mechanism, which latter consists of acurvilinear incline and a pivotally mounted lever adapted to be moved bya manually operable arm to transfer an article received to a dischargepassage communicating with 20 the upper end of the incline, as will bemore fully described in the following specification and shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a general view of theinvention.

Fig. 2 is a plan View taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Fig. 3 is a front view of the receiving compartment partly broken awayto show the operating mechanism.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 44 of Figure 2.

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in each figure.

The numeral 1 indicates generally a model of a man having a hollow bodyportion 2, one pivotally mounted arm 3 and a fixed tubular arm 4terminating in an open hand 5 which serves as a delivery tray for thear- 40 ticles dispensed. Mounted inside the body portion 2 is a casing 6divided into two compartments respectively numbered 7 and 8.

The compartment 7 is preferably curved horizontally to conform to thefront of the 45 body portion and has side walls 9, a rear wall 10supporting vertical divisions 11, and a glass front 12, which affords aview to the articles to be sold. Access to the compartment 7 is providedthrough a hinged cover 0 13 equipped with a suitable lock, not shown.

The lower end of the compartment 7 is provided with a curved andinclined bottom wall 14 which is at a suitable distance below the lowerextremities of the divisions 11 to form a transverse passage 15 whichterminates at its lower end with a duct 16 leading to the compartment 8.

The compartment 8 is provided with rear and side walls 17 and an arcuatebottom wall 18, shown in dotted line in Figure 3, leading from the rearend of the duct 16 to the opening at the upper end of the tubular arm 4as at 19. The arm 3 is mounted for swinging movement upon a pivot pin 20and is fitted adjacent thereto with a segmental gear 21, which isadapted to impart a rotational movement through an idler gear 22 to agear 23. Operatively connected to the gear 23 is a lever 24 having atits lower end a hinge pin 25 and a stop 26, and mounted upon the hingepin is'a forked paddle 27 which is capable of swinging forwardly towardsthe opening 19 but is prevented by the stop 26 from moving rearwardlybeyond the line of the lever 24. At the lower end of the bottom wall 18of the compartment 8 is a vertical stop 28, see Figure 4, which servesto prevent the downward movement of an article along said wall after itsdelivery to the compartment 8through the duct 16. A coin lock 29 ofanysuitable type having a retractible latch 30 is mounted below the arm3, in such a position as to permit its latch to engage a slot 31 in thearm adjacentits pivot pin 20, so that when a coin is deposited in thelock 29 the latch is withdrawn to permit the arm to be drawn downwardly.

The operation of the machine is as follows hen a coin has been insertedinto the coin lock 29 to withdraw the latch 30 from the slot 31 the arm3 is swung downwardly by the purchaser, which action through the idler22 and the gear 23 imparts an upward swinging movement to the lever 24,thus causing the paddle 27 to sweep the article adjacent the verticalstop 28 upwards along the arcuate wall 18 into the tubular arm 4 throughwhich it passes by gravity into the hand or delivery tray 5. As soon asthe article has passed the delivery end of the duct 16 another of thearticles which had been placed in superimposed relation between thedivisons 11 of the compartment 7 and had passed into the duct 16, passesinto position upon the arcuate wall 18. Subsequent to the dispensing ofone article thelarm 3 is released and on returning to normal positionpermits the lever 9A to swing downwardly and on approaching the end ofits return stroke, the paddle 27 comes into contact with the newlypositioned article to be dispensed, the final returning movement of thelever causing the paddle to rock about the hinge pin 25 and to be drawnover the article and finally to fall by gravity into a position ofalignment with the lever 24. As the arm 3 reaches the end of its returnstroke the latch 30 again engages the slot 31 of the arm to prevent itsfurther movement until again released in response to the insertion of acoin in the lock 29.

hat I claim as my invention is:

A vending machine comprising a receiving compartment and a dischargecompartment, said receiving compartment having a plurality of verticaldivisions between which articles to be vended are supported in columnarform, an inclined passage extending below said divisions, a ductcommunicating between the lower end of said passage and the dischargecompartment, said discharge compartment having an arcuate bottom wallcommunicating at its upper end with a delivery opening, a reciprocatoryarm having at its free end a hingedly mounted paddle adapted on theforward stroke of the arm to sweep an article entering said compartmentfrom the duct along the inclined wall to the delivery opening and on thereturn stroke of the arm to pass over a second article entering thecompartment during the movement of the first article towards thedelivery opening.

Dated at Victoria, B. (1, Canada, this 1st day of October, 1930.

JOSEPH ROSE.

